There is just so much to like about this clip.

There's his frank acknowledgement of his own impending death.

There's the fact that he's giving (and has always given) a large percentage of his income to charity.

There's a philanthropist who acknowledges that he doesn't know how a charity can best use his money.

There's the fact that he helped give us the Simpsons, which gave us such pleasure when we were young.

This guy rocks.

A good interview with him and Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/remembering_sam_simon

Good guy

Thank you for making the Simpsons my favorite show when I was a kid, Sam. You're a good guy.

Perfect, authentic, sad.

Video creators take note: this is also a shining example of how you should go real, real subtle on the music when you want to move people. Let the story sell itself, overdoing the music has spoiled many a well intentioned vid.

Seems like a great guy. Makes it hard to reconcile this with some of the truly awful stories I've heard about him.